Danish footballer and manager

Flemming Povlsen

Flemming Søgaard Povlsen is a Danish football pundit and former professional footballer who played as a striker. Born in Aarhus and a youth product of Viby IF, Povlsen also played in The Netherlands, Spain and Germany, until a knee injury forced him to retire, at only 28 years of age. Before the injury, Povlsen rose to prominence at FC Cologne, before settling at Borussia Dortmund, with whom he won the 1995 Bundesliga and played the final half of his career. At an international level, he was among the profiles on the Denmark squad that won the 1992 UEFA European Football Championship.

Born

1966

December 3

Died

Living

Era

1960s

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Key dates

1966 Born

Also on December 3

What else happened on this day, through history

915 Pope John X crowns Berengar I of Italy as Holy Roman Emperor (probable date).
1775 American Revolution: USS Alfred becomes the first vessel to fly the Continental Union Flag (precursor to the "Stars and Stripes"); the flag is hoisted by John Paul Jones.
1799 War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Wiesloch: Austrian Lieutenant Field Marshal Anton Sztáray defeats the French at Wiesloch.
1800 War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden: French General Jean Victor Marie Moreau decisively defeats the Archduke John of Austria near Munich. Coupled with First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte's earlier victory at Marengo, this will force the Austrians to sign an armistice and end the war.

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The world in 1966

When Flemming arrived

april 21 Rastafari movement: Haile Selassie of Ethiopia visits Jamaica, an event now celebrated as Grounation Day.
april 22 American Flyers Airline Flight 280/D crashes on approach to Ardmore Municipal Airport in Ardmore, Oklahoma, killing 83.
april 23 Aeroflot Flight 2723 crashes into the Caspian Sea off the Absheron Peninsula, killing 33 people.
april 26 The magnitude 5.1 Tashkent earthquake affects the largest city in Soviet Central Asia with a maximum MSK intensity of VII (Very strong). Tashkent is mostly destroyed and 15–200 are killed.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on December 3

Abdul Haris Nasution 1918–2000 Indonesian general and politician, 12th Indonesian Minister of Defence (died 2000) Adam Małysz 1977– Polish ski jumper and race car driver Albert Asher 1879– New Zealand rugby player (died 1965) Andrew Stanton 1965– American voice actor, director, producer, screenwriter Anton Webern 1883–1945 Austrian composer and conductor (died 1945) António Variações 1944–1984 Portuguese musician (died 1984) Edwin Valero 1981– Venezuelan boxer (died 2010) F. Sionil José 1924– Filipino journalist, writer and author (died 2022) Gilbert Stuart 1755– American painter (died 1828)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1966

Jimmy Wales 1966– American-British entrepreneur, co-founder of Wikipedia Allan Donald 1966– South African cricketer and coach Andrew Adamson 1966– New Zealand director, producer, and screenwriter Andrew Wood 1966–1990 American singer-songwriter (died 1990) Ben Folds 1966– American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer Bill Ranford 1966– Canadian ice hockey player and coach Calvin Borel 1966– American jockey Charles Hazlewood 1966– English conductor Cynthia Nixon 1966– American actress

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